788065773120

Bluegrass Early Cuts 1931-1953

Various Artists

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: JSPCD7731

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Release Date:  21 June 2004

Label:  JSP

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  788065773120

Genres:  Country  Bluegrass  

  • Description

    96 tracks over 4CD's providing a potted history of the roots and development of Bluegrass music. Most forms of music change to the point where in the course of time they become almost unrecognisable. Contemporary Jazz, Blues and Rock styles, for instance, bear little relation to earlier forms of the genres.

    There is much more continuity in Bluegrass, a style of music in which modern groups and musicians still pay homage to the recordings and music of their predecessors. This collection highlights the recorded works of pioneer Bluegrass artists and also those who may have influenced them.

    It is basically a journey back in time but where most collections choose to commence with the earliest items and work forward this one does things the opposite way round.

    The first two CDs and a part of the third concentrate on bluegrass recordings from the 1940's and early 50's the remainder of the set covers artists from the 1930's and early 40's who many scholars consider to have been an influence on the earliest Bluegrass performers.

    A detailed accompanying essay tells the story with biogs of the featured artists.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Orange Blossom Special - Jerry & Sky
      • 2. The Old Grey Goose - Red Belcher & The Kentucky Ridgerunners
      • 3. Kentucky Is Only A Dream - Red Belcher & The Kentucky Ridgerunners
      • 4. Holston Valley Breakdown - Red Belcher & The Kentucky Ridgerunners
      • 5. Somebody Touched Me - John Reedy & His Stone Mountain Boys
      • 6. Jesse James - Toby Stroud & The Blue Mountain Boys
      • 7. Tragic Romance - Toby Stroud & The Blue Mountain Boys
      • 8. Lint Head Stomp - Phebel Wright
      • 9. Jesse James - Whitey & Hogan
      • 10. Radio Boogie - L.C. Smith
      • 11. Bluebonnet Lane - Colwell Brothers
      • 12. Mother
      • 13. Sweet Mother - Rebe & Rabe
      • 14. Helen - Rebe & Rabe
      • 15. Home Sweet Home - Hack Johnson & His Tennesseans
      • 16. Let Me Rest (At The End Of My Journey) - Shenandoah Valley Trio
      • 17. This World Can't Stand Long - Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee
      • 18. Wicked Path Of Sin - Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee
      • 19. Hallelujah
      • 20. We Shall Rise - Sauceman Brothers
      • 21. They Sleep Together Now At Rest - Lilly Brothers
      • 22. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today - Lilly Brothers
      • 23. Pain In My Heart - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 24. Lonesome

      Disc 2

      • 1. Sad And Blue - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 2. Don't Forget Me - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 3. Will I Meet Mother In Heaven? - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 4. You Broke Your Promise - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 5. I'm Left Alone - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 6. Nobody Cares (Not Even You) - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 7. Twenty One Years - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 8. Lonesome Pine Breakdown - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
      • 9. New Campdown Races - Marvin Cobb
      • 10. You're The One (I See In My Dreams) - Frank Wakefield & Buster Turner
      • 11. Leave Well Enough Alone - Frank Wakefield & Buster Turner
      • 12. Long Time
      • 13. No See - Frank Hunter & His Black Mountain Boys
      • 14. Weary Hobo - Pee Wee Lambert & Curley Parker
      • 15. Just A Memory - Pee Wee Lambert & Curley Parker
      • 16. Going Back To Old Kentucky - Hobo Jack Adkins
      • 17. Rattlesnake Daddy - Bailey Brothers & The Happy Valley Boys
      • 18. I'm On My Way To The Old Home - Sonny Osborne
      • 19. I've Never Been So Lonesome - TED LUNDY
      • 20. Roll On Blues - Connie & Babe
      • 21. How Will The Flowers Bloom - Connie & Babe
      • 22. The Last Love Letter - Connie & Babe
      • 23. The Lonely Waltz - Connie & Babe
      • 24. Better Late Than Never - Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys

      Disc 3

      • 1. The Bright Crystal Sea - Cecil Surratt & His West Virginia Ramblers
      • 2. Where Will You Spend Eternity - Cecil Surratt & His West Virginia Ramblers
      • 3. He Saved My Soul - Hamm Brothers
      • 4. You Have Left Me Memories - Hobo Jack Adkins
      • 5. Florida Blues - Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
      • 6. Blue Yodel #1 - Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
      • 7. Missing In Action - Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
      • 8. Curtains Of Sorrow - Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
      • 9. Little Brown Hand - Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
      • 10. Down Among The Budded Roses - Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
      • 11. Tomorrow May Be Different - Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
      • 12. Come Back My Little Pal - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 13. Wabash Cannon Ball - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 14. Lonesome Dove - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 15. Where The Roses Never Fade - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 16. Natural Bridge Blues - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 17. The Best Of Friends Must Part Sometime - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 18. Polecat Blues - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 19. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 20. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 21. Can You Forgive - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 22. Loving You Too Well - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 23. 'Neath The Bridge At The Foot Of The Hill - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers
      • 24. Little Sweetheart Come And Kiss Me - Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers

      Disc 4

      • 1. Little Mohee - The Hall Brothers
      • 2. The Wrong Road - The Hall Brothers
      • 3. Orange Blossom Special - The Rouse Brothers
      • 4. Let Me Be Your Salty Dog - The Morris Brothers
      • 5. Married Life Blues - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
      • 6. Up Jumped The Devil - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
      • 7. We Shall Rise - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
      • 8. C & N W Railroad - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
      • 9. Carroll County Blues - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
      • 10. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
      • 11. Concord Rag - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
      • 12. Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
      • 13. Drunkard's Hiccoughs - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
      • 14. Blue Ridge Mountain Blue - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
      • 15. Johnson's Old Grey Mule - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
      • 16. Maple On The Hill - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
      • 17. Seven And A Half - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
      • 18. Short Life & It's Trouble - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
      • 19. Wild Bill Jones - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
      • 20. Lonely Tombs - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
      • 21. Poor Drunkard's Dreams - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
      • 22. I Won't Be Worried - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
      • 23. Ramshackle Shack - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
      • 24. Old Reuben - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
      • . Don't Leave Me Alone - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers